Supplier Quality Engineer
About the Role
We are seeking a Supplier Quality Inspector to ensure the consistent quality of components and assemblies used in caravan and motorhome production. You will play a key role in checking incoming materials through visual and measurement\-based inspection, verifying products against engineering specifications and approved samples.
The role involves identifying and managing non\-conforming parts, supporting root cause investigations, and helping to put effective fixes in place with suppliers. You will use inspection tools, gauges, and sampling methods to assess product quality, maintain accurate records, and support performance tracking.
Working closely with internal teams and suppliers, you will help drive improvements, ensure clear communication of quality issues, and maintain control of master samples and inspection standards across the supply chain.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage supplier quality issues by investigating root causes, agreeing fixes, and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
- Monitor supplier performance through audits, site visits, and key measures such as defect rates and response times.
- Approve new and changed parts, ensuring they meet required standards before use in production.
- Set clear quality expectations with suppliers and define how incoming materials will be checked and accepted.
- Manage supplier quality issues by investigating root causes, agreeing fixes, and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
- Monitor supplier performance through audits, site visits, and key measures such as defect rates and response times.
- Approve new and changed parts, ensuring they meet required standards before use in production.
- Set clear quality expectations with suppliers and define how incoming materials will be checked and accepted.
- Work with suppliers to improve performance and resolve production and fitment problems using structured problem\-solving methods.
We Pass It On With Pride
- Tireless devotion to achieving the best quality products possible. A champion of quality
- Create an environment where people care about the work they do each and every day
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, challenging current ways of working and always looking to improve and better yesterday’s result
- Determination to succeed and achieve daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly results
- Keen to understand the detail but able to stand back and look at bigger picture
- We treat each other fairly
- We respect each other
About the Department
Our Procurement team manages the materials and supplier partnerships that keep our business moving.
From material control and purchasing through to supplier management, the team ensures we have the right resources, at the right time, and at the right quality. With a focus on value, reliability, and strong relationships, they play a vital role in supporting production and driving the efficiency of the entire supply chain.
The Bailey Family
Bailey of Bristol is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of leisure vehicles, with a proud history of craftsmanship and innovation. We are committed to producing high\-quality leisure vehicles that inspire adventure, and we take pride in our skilled workforce, strong team culture, and dedication to excellence.
We have been building Bailey leisure vehicles here in South Bristol since 1948 and are now very much part of the local community. We are also the tenth largest private company in Bristol and the largest recruiter in the area.
The majority of our employees live nearby and have been with us for a long time, with the average length of service around 10 years. As a result, our workforce possesses the necessary skill and experience to successfully produce a complex range of caravans, motorhome and campervans in the same production facility.
What We Offer
As a large business we have opportunities in many areas and can offer people wide and varied careers, all of which attract an excellent benefits package. We are continually reviewing our offering to ensure we remain an employer of choice in the local area.
All positions at Bailey attract excellent benefits including...
Financial \& Remuneration
- Competitive salaries (with entry\-level hourly rates above the Real Living Wage)
- Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Cover from day 1 of employment
- Salary exchange Cycle to Work scheme
- Financial support through salary advance and travel loan schemes
- Excellent holiday entitlement (25 days a year plus Bank Holidays) with additional entitlement for long service
- Enhanced family friendly pay; Maternity pay (24 weeks full pay followed by 15 weeks statutory pay) / Paternity pay (2 weeks full pay)
- Longer weekends as a result of an early finish every Friday (role dependent \& subject to business needs)
- Monthly recognition awards
- 25% discount at our partner company PRIMA Leisure
- Health cashback scheme
- Bi\-weekly free fruit Mondays
- Employee Assistance Program
- On\-site Mental Health First Aiders
- HRT treatment support
- Dedicated induction \& onboarding
- Career progression opportunities
- Role\-specific training
- Opportunity to apply for Apprenticeship Levy support courses
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